Book Resources For The Bereaved
Listed below are books that our survivors of suicide have found particularly helpful during their time of grieving. We hope this list will be of help to you as well.
Grief
No Time To Say Goodbye. Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One
By Carla Fine
Touched By Suicide. Hope and Healing After Loss
By Michael Myers & Carla Fine
Grief Therapy (Caring Reflections)
By Karen Katafiasz
Don’t Take My Grief Away
By Doug Manning
Losing A Parent. Passage to a New Way of Living
By Alexandra Kennedy
After A Parent’s Suicide: Helping Children Heal
By Margo Requarth, M.A., MFT
Dying to Be Free. A Guide For Families After Suicide
By Beverly Coba
Change
Choices: Taking Control of Your Life and Making It Matter
By Melody Beattie
When Things Fall Apart
By Pema Chodron
The Grief Club: The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change
By Melody Beattie
Depression
Darkness Visible. A Memoir of Madness
By William Styron
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
By Andrew Soloman
Inspiration
Healing the Hurt Spirit: Daily Affirmations for People Who Have Lost a Love One to Suicide
By Catherine Greenleaf
The Power of Intention
By Dayne Dyer
Mental Health
Overcoming Grief: A Self -Help Guide To Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
By Sue Morris
The Empty Room. Understanding Sibling Loss
By Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn
The White Knight Syndrome. Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
By Mary C. Lamia Ph.D. &Marilyn J. Krieger, Ph.D.
Spirituality
Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life’s Journey
By Trudy Harris
Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing
By Anne Brener
Buddha. A Story of Enlightenment
By Deepak Chopra
No Death No Fear
By Thich Nhat Hanh
The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
By Joan Halifax and Thich Nhat Hanh
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